bank

bank (indefinite nominative singular)
banks (genitive indefinite singular)
banken (definite nominative singular)
bankens (definite genitive singular)
banker (indefinite nominative plural)
bankers (genitive indefinite plural)
bankerna (definite nominative plural)
bankernas (definite genitive plural)

→ Elfdalian: baunka

→ Finnish: pankki

From Dutch bank, German Bank or Low German bank, all from Italian banco, from Old High German banc, from Proto-West Germanic *banki, from Proto-Germanic *bankiz.

a bank (financial institution, branch of such an institution)


torn

torn (indefinite nominative singular)
torns (genitive indefinite singular)
tornet (definite nominative singular)
tornets (definite genitive singular)
torn (indefinite nominative plural)
torns (genitive indefinite plural)
tornen (definite nominative plural)
tornens (definite genitive plural)

From Old Norse turn, from Middle Low German tōrn, tōren, from Old French tor, from Latin turris, from Ancient Greek τύρρις (túrrhis), τύρσις (túrsis), from a Mediterranean substrate loan.


torn

torn (indefinite nominative singular)
torns (genitive indefinite singular)
tornen (definite nominative singular)
tornens (definite genitive singular)
tornar (indefinite nominative plural)
tornars (genitive indefinite plural)
tornarna (definite nominative plural)
tornarnas (definite genitive plural)

From Old Swedish þorn, from Old Norse þorn, from Proto-Germanic *þurnuz, whence also Old English þorn (English thorn). From Proto-Indo-European *tr̥nós from *(s)ter- (“stiff”).


hus

hus (indefinite nominative singular)
hus (genitive indefinite singular)
huset (definite nominative singular)
husets (definite genitive singular)
hus (indefinite nominative plural)
hus (genitive indefinite plural)
husen (definite nominative plural)
husens (definite genitive plural)
hws (alternative archaic)

From Old Swedish hūs, from Old Norse hús, from Proto-Germanic *hūsą (“house”).

ett rött hus

Conny bor i ett hus

Jag gick in i huset

Huset bjuder

Det var fullt hus på premiären

a house (restaurant, casino, theater, etc. – place of public accommodation or entertainment)

husets talman

the speaker of the house (of representatives)


hus

hus (indefinite nominative singular)
hus (genitive indefinite singular)
husen (definite nominative singular)
husens (definite genitive singular)
husar (indefinite nominative plural)
husars (genitive indefinite plural)
husarna (definite nominative plural)
husarnas (definite genitive plural)
hws (alternative archaic)

From the genus name, New Latin huso (“sturgeon”).


station

station (indefinite nominative singular)
stations (genitive indefinite singular)
stationen (definite nominative singular)
stationens (definite genitive singular)
stationer (indefinite nominative plural)
stationers (genitive indefinite plural)
stationerna (definite nominative plural)
stationernas (definite genitive plural)

Borrowed from Old French estation, estacion from Latin statiōnem, accusative of statiō.

A facility used for broadcasting of transmissions.


museum

museum (indefinite nominative singular)
museums (genitive indefinite singular)
museet (definite nominative singular)
museets (definite genitive singular)
museer (indefinite nominative plural)
museers (genitive indefinite plural)
museerna (definite nominative plural)
museernas (definite genitive plural)


casino

casino (indefinite nominative singular)
casinos (genitive indefinite singular)
casinot (definite nominative singular)
casinots (definite genitive singular)
casinon (indefinite nominative plural)
casinons (genitive indefinite plural)
casinona (definite nominative plural)
casinonas (definite genitive plural)


skola

skola (indefinite nominative singular)
skolas (genitive indefinite singular)
skolan (definite nominative singular)
skolans (definite genitive singular)
skolor (indefinite nominative plural)
skolors (genitive indefinite plural)
skolorna (definite nominative plural)
skolornas (definite genitive plural)

→ Finnish: skole

From Old Norse skóli, from Proto-West Germanic *skōlu, from Late Latin schola (“learned discussion or dissertation, lecture, school”), from Ancient Greek σχολή (skholḗ, “spare time, leisure”), from Proto-Indo-European *seǵʰ- (“to hold, have, possess”).

der

Han går i skolan

He goes to school [He goes in the school]

Barnen är i skolan

The children are at school [The children are in the school]

Jag är i skolan just nu

I'm at school right now [I am in the school right now]

reformer i skolan / skolreformer

På torsdag är det öppet hus på skolan

On Thursday, there is an open house at the school [see usage notes below for "i skolan" vs. "på skolan"]

(countable, uncountable) school (education or instruction institution)


kyrka

kyrka (indefinite nominative singular)
kyrkas (genitive indefinite singular)
kyrkan (definite nominative singular)
kyrkans (definite genitive singular)
kyrkor (indefinite nominative plural)
kyrkors (genitive indefinite plural)
kyrkorna (definite nominative plural)
kyrkornas (definite genitive plural)
kôrka (alternative)
körka (alternative)
kyrcka (alternative obsolete)

From Old Swedish kyrkia, kirkia, from Old Norse kirkja, from Old English cirice, from Late Proto-West Germanic *kirikā, from Byzantine Greek κυριακόν (δόμα) (kuriakón (dóma), literally “Lord's (house)”), from Ancient Greek κύριος (kúrios, “lord”).

κυριακόν (δόμα)


tull

tull (indefinite nominative singular)
tulls (genitive indefinite singular)
tullen (definite nominative singular)
tullens (definite genitive singular)
tullar (indefinite nominative plural)
tullars (genitive indefinite plural)
tullarna (definite nominative plural)
tullarnas (definite genitive plural)

From Old Norse tullr, from Proto-Germanic *tullaz (“toll, custom”), from Proto-Indo-European *dol- (“calculation, fraud”).


kvarn

kvarn (indefinite nominative singular)
kvarns (genitive indefinite singular)
kvarnen (definite nominative singular)
kvarnens (definite genitive singular)
kvarnar (indefinite nominative plural)
kvarnars (genitive indefinite plural)
kvarnarna (definite nominative plural)
kvarnarnas (definite genitive plural)
qvarn (alternative obsolete)
qwarn (alternative obsolete)

From Old Swedish kværn, kvarn, from Old Norse kvern, from Proto-Germanic *kwernō, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷerewn- (“millstone”).

mill; the grinding apparatus for substances such as grains, seeds, spices, coffee beans etc., or the building or object housing such a grinding apparatus.

(games) clipping of kvarnspel (“nine men's morris”)


sjukhus

sjukhus (indefinite nominative singular)
sjukhus (genitive indefinite singular)
sjukhuset (definite nominative singular)
sjukhusets (definite genitive singular)
sjukhus (indefinite nominative plural)
sjukhus (genitive indefinite plural)
sjukhusen (definite nominative plural)
sjukhusens (definite genitive plural)
sjukehus (alternative dated)
siukhus (alternative dated)
siwkhus (alternative dated)

Affix of sjuk (“sick”) + hus (“house”), inherited from Old Swedish siuka hus. Attested since 1480.
Cognate with English sickhouse, West Frisian sikehûs (“hospital”), Dutch ziekenhuis (“hospital”), German Low German Süükhuus, Sükenhuus (“hospital”), German Siechhaus, Siechenhaus (“infirmary”), Danish sygehus (“hospital”), Icelandic sjúkrahús (“hospital”). Compare also German Krankenhaus (“hospital”), Saterland Frisian Kroankenhuus (“hospital”), Old English lǣċehūs (“hospital”).

cog

Ur dårhus för en klok, och siukhus för en frisk

1772, Olof Bergklint, “Granskning. Satir.”, in Utile Dulci, editor, Vitterhets-nöjen. Tredie delen:

From a madhouse for a wise man, and a hospital for a healthy one

[...] däri de berättade för mig att de hade varit allvarsamt sjuka och måst in tagas på sjukhus.

1897, August Strindberg, Inferno, pages 56–57:

in which they told me that they had been seriously ill and had to be admitted to a hospital

Jag kunde inte annat än hålla med honom, sjukhus gör mig sjuk.

2011, Henrika Andersson, Emma Gloria med lust och fägring stor, page 65:

I could not help but agree with him, hospitals make me sick.


kasino

kasino (indefinite nominative singular)
kasinos (genitive indefinite singular)
kasinot (definite nominative singular)
kasinots (definite genitive singular)
kasinon (indefinite nominative plural)
kasinons (genitive indefinite plural)
kasinona (definite nominative plural)
kasinonas (definite genitive plural)
casino (alternative)


synagoga

synagoga (indefinite nominative singular)
synagogas (genitive indefinite singular)
synagogan (definite nominative singular)
synagogans (definite genitive singular)
synagogor (indefinite nominative plural)
synagogors (genitive indefinite plural)
synagogorna (definite nominative plural)
synagogornas (definite genitive plural)


hotell

hotell (indefinite nominative singular)
hotells (genitive indefinite singular)
hotellet (definite nominative singular)
hotellets (definite genitive singular)
hotell (indefinite nominative plural)
hotells (genitive indefinite plural)
hotellen (definite nominative plural)
hotellens (definite genitive plural)

From French hôtel, from Middle French hostel, from Old French ostel; inherited from Latin hospitāle.


fängelse

fängelse (indefinite nominative singular)
fängelses (genitive indefinite singular)
fängelset (definite nominative singular)
fängelsets (definite genitive singular)
fängelser (indefinite nominative plural)
fängelsers (genitive indefinite plural)
fängelserna (definite nominative plural)
fängelsernas (definite genitive plural)

From Old Norse fangelsi. Equivalent to fånga + -else.

Fångarna försökte fly från fängelset.

The prisoners tried to escape from jail.


butik

butik (indefinite nominative singular)
butiks (genitive indefinite singular)
butiken (definite nominative singular)
butikens (definite genitive singular)
butiker (indefinite nominative plural)
butikers (genitive indefinite plural)
butikerna (definite nominative plural)
butikernas (definite genitive plural)

→ Finnish: putiikki

From French boutique, from Latin apotheca, from Ancient Greek ἀποθήκη (apothḗkē).

a small shop, typically larger than a kiosk but smaller than an affär, but need not restrict itself to foodstuffs


citadell

citadell (indefinite nominative singular)
citadells (genitive indefinite singular)
citadellet (definite nominative singular)
citadellets (definite genitive singular)
citadell (indefinite nominative plural)
citadells (genitive indefinite plural)
citadellen (definite nominative plural)
citadellens (definite genitive plural)


slott

slott (indefinite nominative singular)
slotts (genitive indefinite singular)
slottet (definite nominative singular)
slottets (definite genitive singular)
slott (indefinite nominative plural)
slotts (genitive indefinite plural)
slotten (definite nominative plural)
slottens (definite genitive plural)

From Middle Low German slot, from Proto-Germanic *slutą (see Proto-West Germanic *slot for more).

Det spökar på slottet

It ghosts [is ghostly activity] at the castle

a castle, a palace (large, grand building serving or previously serving as a residence for royalty or nobility (where fortification, if at all present, is often secondary))


tempel

tempel (indefinite nominative singular)
tempels (genitive indefinite singular)
templet (definite nominative singular)
templets (definite genitive singular)
tempel (indefinite nominative plural)
tempels (genitive indefinite plural)
templen (definite nominative plural)
templens (definite genitive plural)

From Old Swedish tæmpel, from Latin templum.


palats

palats (indefinite nominative singular)
palats (genitive indefinite singular)
palatset (definite nominative singular)
palatsets (definite genitive singular)
palats (indefinite nominative plural)
palats (genitive indefinite plural)
palatsen (definite nominative plural)
palatsens (definite genitive plural)

From Old Swedish palaz, from Latin palātium, from Palātium, one of the seven hills of Rome, where aristocrats built large homes.


fabrik

fabrik (indefinite nominative singular)
fabriks (genitive indefinite singular)
fabriken (definite nominative singular)
fabrikens (definite genitive singular)
fabriker (indefinite nominative plural)
fabrikers (genitive indefinite plural)
fabrikerna (definite nominative plural)
fabrikernas (definite genitive plural)

Borrowed from Latin fabrica, possibly through German Fabrik, French fabrique.

a factory, a plant (industrial facility)


pagod

pagod (indefinite nominative singular)
pagods (genitive indefinite singular)
pagoden (definite nominative singular)
pagodens (definite genitive singular)
pagoder (indefinite nominative plural)
pagoders (genitive indefinite plural)
pagoderna (definite nominative plural)
pagodernas (definite genitive plural)


bibliotek

bibliotek (indefinite nominative singular)
biblioteks (genitive indefinite singular)
biblioteket (definite nominative singular)
bibliotekets (definite genitive singular)
bibliotek (indefinite nominative plural)
biblioteks (genitive indefinite plural)
biblioteken (definite nominative plural)
bibliotekens (definite genitive plural)

Borrowed from French bibliothèque, from Latin bibliothēca (“library”), originally from Ancient Greek βιβλιοθήκη (bibliothḗkē, “book-room”), from βιβλίον (biblíon, “book”) + θήκη (thḗkē, “box, chest”).


teater

teater (indefinite nominative singular)
teaters (genitive indefinite singular)
teatern (definite nominative singular)
teaterns (definite genitive singular)
teatrar (indefinite nominative plural)
teatrars (genitive indefinite plural)
teatrarna (definite nominative plural)
teatrarnas (definite genitive plural)

From French théâtre (“theatre”), from Middle French theatre, from Old French teatre, from Latin theātrum, from Ancient Greek θέᾱτρον (théātron).


skyskrapa

skyskrapa (indefinite nominative singular)
skyskrapas (genitive indefinite singular)
skyskrapan (definite nominative singular)
skyskrapans (definite genitive singular)
skyskrapor (indefinite nominative plural)
skyskrapors (genitive indefinite plural)
skyskraporna (definite nominative plural)
skyskrapornas (definite genitive plural)

Calque of English skyscraper, from sky + skrapa.

Sistlidne Fredag gaf den sydliga vinden, som då började blåsa med laber kultie signalen till skådespelets början; dagen derpå defilerade i prydlig ordning en svärm af seglare omkring 40 à 50 tre- och två-mastare, många i full skrud, med läsegel och skyskrap!

1850 August 13, “Landsorts-tidningar, Wisby [Non-capital newspapers, Visby]”, in Post- och Inrikes Tidningar, page 2:

Last Friday, the southern wind, which began to blow gently, gave the signal for the start of the spectacle; the next day, a swarm of sailboats, around 40 to 50 three- and two-masters, paraded in orderly fashion, many in full regalia, with studding sails and skyscrapers!

(nautical, archaic) skyscraper (small sail atop a mast)


biograf

biograf (indefinite nominative singular)
biografs (genitive indefinite singular)
biografen (definite nominative singular)
biografens (definite genitive singular)
biografer (indefinite nominative plural)
biografers (genitive indefinite plural)
biograferna (definite nominative plural)
biografernas (definite genitive plural)

bio- (“life, living”) + -graf (“writing, recording”), referring to live pictures and the human life described, respectively.

confix

a cinema, a movie theatre; commonly contracted to bio


polisstation

polisstation (indefinite nominative singular)
polisstations (genitive indefinite singular)
polisstationen (definite nominative singular)
polisstationens (definite genitive singular)
polisstationer (indefinite nominative plural)
polisstationers (genitive indefinite plural)
polisstationerna (definite nominative plural)
polisstationernas (definite genitive plural)

police station (building of police force)


moské

moské (indefinite nominative singular)
moskés (genitive indefinite singular)
moskén (definite nominative singular)
moskéns (definite genitive singular)
moskéer (indefinite nominative plural)
moskéers (genitive indefinite plural)
moskéerna (definite nominative plural)
moskéernas (definite genitive plural)

Borrowed from French mosquée, from Italian moschea, ultimately from Arabic مَسْجِد (masjid).


amfiteater

amfiteater (indefinite nominative singular)
amfiteaters (genitive indefinite singular)
amfiteatern (definite nominative singular)
amfiteaterns (definite genitive singular)
amfiteatrar (indefinite nominative plural)
amfiteatrars (genitive indefinite plural)
amfiteatrarna (definite nominative plural)
amfiteatrarnas (definite genitive plural)

amphitheater, amphitheatre (an open, outdoor theatre)


jurta

From Russian ю́рта (júrta, “yurt”), from a Turkic language, compare Turkish yurt (“home, fatherland”).


rådhus

rådhus (indefinite nominative singular)
rådhus (genitive indefinite singular)
rådhuset (definite nominative singular)
rådhusets (definite genitive singular)
rådhus (indefinite nominative plural)
rådhus (genitive indefinite plural)
rådhusen (definite nominative plural)
rådhusens (definite genitive plural)

a town hall, a city hall (that houses or used to house a tingsrätt (“district court”))


hytta

hytta (indefinite nominative singular)
hyttas (genitive indefinite singular)
hyttan (definite nominative singular)
hyttans (definite genitive singular)
hyttor (indefinite nominative plural)
hyttors (genitive indefinite plural)
hyttorna (definite nominative plural)
hyttornas (definite genitive plural)

a building (or hot end in a glassworks) with a furnace (for smelting iron ore or making glass or tar or the like)


domkyrka

domkyrka (indefinite nominative singular)
domkyrkas (genitive indefinite singular)
domkyrkan (definite nominative singular)
domkyrkans (definite genitive singular)
domkyrkor (indefinite nominative plural)
domkyrkors (genitive indefinite plural)
domkyrkorna (definite nominative plural)
domkyrkornas (definite genitive plural)

→ Finnish: tuomiokirkko (calque)


njalla

njalla (indefinite nominative singular)
njallas (genitive indefinite singular)
njallan (definite nominative singular)
njallans (definite genitive singular)
njallor (indefinite nominative plural)
njallors (genitive indefinite plural)
njallorna (definite nominative plural)
njallornas (definite genitive plural)

Borrowed from Northern Sami njalla, from Proto-Samic *ńëlë. Compare Finnish niliaitta.

a traditional type of storage hut or cache built on top of a long stump of a tree or pole in order to prevent animals of getting hold of the contents (typically food or other perishables).


observatorium

observatorium (indefinite nominative singular)
observatoriums (genitive indefinite singular)
observatoriet (definite nominative singular)
observatoriets (definite genitive singular)
observatorier (indefinite nominative plural)
observatoriers (genitive indefinite plural)
observatorierna (definite nominative plural)
observatoriernas (definite genitive plural)


paviljong

paviljong (indefinite nominative singular)
paviljongs (genitive indefinite singular)
paviljongen (definite nominative singular)
paviljongens (definite genitive singular)
paviljonger (indefinite nominative plural)
paviljongers (genitive indefinite plural)
paviljongerna (definite nominative plural)
paviljongernas (definite genitive plural)


brandstation

brandstation (indefinite nominative singular)
brandstations (genitive indefinite singular)
brandstationen (definite nominative singular)
brandstationens (definite genitive singular)
brandstationer (indefinite nominative plural)
brandstationers (genitive indefinite plural)
brandstationerna (definite nominative plural)
brandstationernas (definite genitive plural)


busstation

busstation (indefinite nominative singular)
busstations (genitive indefinite singular)
busstationen (definite nominative singular)
busstationens (definite genitive singular)
busstationer (indefinite nominative plural)
busstationers (genitive indefinite plural)
busstationerna (definite nominative plural)
busstationernas (definite genitive plural)


glashus

glashus (indefinite nominative singular)
glashus (genitive indefinite singular)
glashuset (definite nominative singular)
glashusets (definite genitive singular)
glashus (indefinite nominative plural)
glashus (genitive indefinite plural)
glashusen (definite nominative plural)
glashusens (definite genitive plural)

/²ɡlɑːshʉːs/


naturbruksgymnasium

Compound of naturbruk (“natural resource use”) + -s- + gymnasium (“gymnasium”). First attested in 1983.

etydate

naturbruksgymnasium in Svensk ordbok (SO)

Vi fyller inte platserna i år, jag tror inte att något naturbruksgymnasium i Sverige har fyllt sina platser.

2012 August 17, Cajsa Vingros Carlson, “Få vill gå naturbruksgymnasium [Low interest in natural resource gymnasium]”, in Sveriges Radio:

We haven't filled the places this year. I don't believe any natural resource gymnasium in Sweden has managed to fill all their places.

Nu gör Region Jönköpings län en storsatsning på Tenhults naturbruksgymnasium och investerar 28 miljoner i ett nytt stall.

2017 December 28, Eva Unosson, “Tenhults naturbruksgymnasium får 28 miljoner till stall [Tenhult natural resource gymnasium receives 28 million for new stables]”, in SVT Nyheter:

The Jönköping County region is making a major investment in Tenhult natural resource gymnasium, allocating 28 million for the construction of new stables.

Naturbruksgymnasiet i Vreta drabbades i morse av en kraftig brand. […] Det är oklart när naturbruksgymnasiet kan återuppta sin verksamhet.

2020 January 15, Adam Westin, “Brand på gymnasium – hundratals kor brann inne [Fire at gymnasium – hundreds of cows perished in the blaze]”, in Aftonbladet:

The natural resource gymnasium in Vreta was hit by a severe fire this morning. […] It is unclear when the natural resource gymnasium will be able to resume its operations.

På Grans naturbruksgymnasium i Öjebyn har man under en längre tid haft problem med att ett stort antal råttor intagit skolans ladugård.

2023 August 2, Norah Lång, Fanny Iggström, “Jätteråttor saneras från Grans – med hjälp av hundar [Giant rats eradicated from Grans – with the help of dogs]”, in Sveriges Radio:

At Grans natural resource gymnasium in Öjebyn, the school has been struggling for some time with a large number of rats taking over the barn.

a gymnasium, upper secondary school, focusing on the education of natural resource usage (e.g. agriculture, aquaculture, husbandry, or forestry)


jordkällare

jordkällare (indefinite nominative singular)
jordkällares (genitive indefinite singular)
jordkällaren (definite nominative singular)
jordkällarens (definite genitive singular)
jordkällare (indefinite nominative plural)
jordkällares (genitive indefinite plural)
jordkällarna (definite nominative plural)
jordkällarnas (definite genitive plural)

Inherited from Old Swedish jordhkällare. Compound of jord (“earth”) + källare (“cellar”). According to SO attested since 1529.


sommarhus

Inherited from Old Swedish somarhus. Compound of sommar (“summer”) + hus (“house”). According to SO attested since 1430.

A summer villa; a detached house used as summer retreat.


flerbostadshus

flerbostadshus (indefinite nominative singular)
flerbostadshus (genitive indefinite singular)
flerbostadshuset (definite nominative singular)
flerbostadshusets (definite genitive singular)
flerbostadshus (indefinite nominative plural)
flerbostadshus (genitive indefinite plural)
flerbostadshusen (definite nominative plural)
flerbostadshusens (definite genitive plural)


flerfamiljshus

flerfamiljshus (indefinite nominative singular)
flerfamiljshus (genitive indefinite singular)
flerfamiljshuset (definite nominative singular)
flerfamiljshusets (definite genitive singular)
flerfamiljshus (indefinite nominative plural)
flerfamiljshus (genitive indefinite plural)
flerfamiljshusen (definite nominative plural)
flerfamiljshusens (definite genitive plural)